SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND CHAOTIC SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND CHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND THE DIVIDED CITY TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND THE DIVIDED CITY By Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka Under-Seceretary-General of United Nations Executive Director of UN-HABITAT Director General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi
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SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND CHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGECHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND THE TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND THE DIVIDED CITYDIVIDED CITY
By
Dr. Anna Kajumulo TibaijukaDr. Anna Kajumulo TibaijukaUnder-Seceretary-General of United Nations
Executive Director of UN-HABITATDirector General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi
GLOBAL POPULATION RURAL/URBAN
1970
RURAL63%
URBAN37%
2000 2030
RURAL53%
URBAN47%
RURAL40%
URBAN60%
The Challenge: Rapid and Chaotic Urbanization
1850 1950 20001900 2050
Urban slum population
Urban population
Rural population
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Year2020
REF: UN-HABITAT, Global Urban Observatory
Population of The World
The Challenge: Rapid Growth of Slums
Total Number of the World’s Slum Dwellers: Distribution of Slum Population by Region (2001)
Mill
ion
s
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200
100
0 0212133
41
57
128
166
194
262
Slum Dwellers as a percentage of the Urban Population: By Region